The Next Level In Gaming

This weekend sees the Rezzed indie and PC game show hit the NEC in Birmingham. If you are in or around Birmingham this Saturday or Sunday then this is the perfect opportunity to try out the following exciting new games.

As well as some great games playable on the show floor, there will also be a whole host of Developer sessions where game creators will be stepping up to talk about their games. These sessions are scheduled to will run as follows:

13:00 Total War: Rome II Live Code Demo
The Creative Assembly present the latest work on the most ambitious real-time strategy game in the studio’s history.

14:00 A look back at Frozen Synapse and a look forward to Frozen Endzone
Paul Taylor and Ian Hardingham from Mode 7 Games explain how development of Frozen Synapse influenced Frozen Endzone and introduce the new game.

15:00 Dreamfall Chapters
Ragnar Tornquist, Martin Bruusgaard and Dag Scheve from Red Thread Games are promising to show new content from their Kickstarter-funded adventure game.

16:00 Project Eternity
One of the most successful Kickstarters ever, Project Eternity is the eagerly awaited new fantasy RPG from Obsidian Entertainment. Chris Avellone shares its progress.

17:00 Sir, You Are Being Hunted
Fans of tweed-loving British sci-fi will want to join Big Robot’s Tom Betts to learn more about this sinister game where artificial gentlemen hunt humans for sport.

Sunday 23rd June

12:00 Panel: Is storytelling in games getting any better?
John Walker hosts Dean Hall, Chris Avellone, Ragnar Tornquist, Ed Stern and Will Porter in a round table discussion.

13:00 Luftrausers
Rami Ismail from Ridiculous Fishing creator Vlambeer takes the stage to show off the iconoclastic indie’s new dogfighting game.

14:00 Total War: Rome II Live Code Demo
The Creative Assembly present the latest work on the most ambitious real-time strategy game in the studio’s history.

16:00 Creative Assembly Game Jam
Having built a game in a day, teams present their work to an expert panel of Chris Avellone (Obsidian), Ed Stern (Splash Damage) and Keith Stuart (The Guardian).

17:00 DayZ Standalone
Dean Hall returns to Rezzed to share progress made on the standalone version of his hugely successful zombie survival mod for ArmA 2.

f you are unable to attend Rezzed thhis year but still want some of the Developer session action then Eurogamer will be live streaming all of the Dev sessions as they happen. Go to youtube.com/eurogamer to check them out.

In the mean time if you are deciding weather to visit and wondering what Rezzed is really all about then you can check out GuitarGirls video round of last years show below.

We wish Eurogamer the best of luck with Rezzed this year, it’s going to be great.